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Tsel
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I'm trying to get more into ROH, Chikara, PWG, and the like. I've downloaded a ton of past events off XtremeWrestlingTorrents, which I have an invite for, by the way, so if anyone wants it, shoot me a PM.

Anyways, my question is, what are some of the must-see events or even matches? Not everything is available on XWT, but if it gets suggested and it's on there, I'd love to check it out.

I know that this isn't any of the promotions you mentioned, but TNA had a match at Unbreakable 2005 between Samoa Joe/AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels that was one of only a select few North American matches to receive ***** from Dave Meltzer in the past two decades. You can rent the event for 99 cents on Youtube here:

Keep going, don't stop until you're done. Best TV show in the history of everything. Fourth season is jaw-droppingly truthful television. The fifth season struggles, but the series finale is worth the trudge.

I'm trying to get more into ROH, Chikara, PWG, and the like. I've downloaded a ton of past events off XtremeWrestlingTorrents, which I have an invite for, by the way, so if anyone wants it, shoot me a PM.

Anyways, my question is, what are some of the must-see events or even matches? Not everything is available on XWT, but if it gets suggested and it's on there, I'd love to check it out.

Keep going, don't stop until you're done. Best TV show in the history of everything. Fourth season is jaw-droppingly truthful television. The fifth season struggles, but the series finale is worth the trudge.

Yeah, it's great. I missed it during its original run, but I'm really glad I finally started watching it.

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I just read the spoilers from the Raw taping. Dolph is poopy.

Spoiler

AJ and Ziggler kiss but Cena comes out and interrupts. Cena admits he had a bad year but points out AJ’s many relationships. Cena shows a pic of AJ’s many illegitimate children on the big screen and it’s a bunch of babies with various Superstars and Legends heads photoshopped onto them. Cena goes on a long rant about Dolph and then announces he will be in the 30-man Royal Rumble match. Cena promises to win the WWE Title in 2013. Cena toasts AJ and Dolph and then a bunch of fake human waste falls from the rafters and splashes all over the ring, AJ and Ziggler. They throw a fit in the ring as Cena’s music hits and RAW ends.

Not so much for what happens (that makes sense), but the bathroom humour involved. Ugh.

Well, we'll all be out for NYE anyway, so no big deal. Still, this 5-year old poo humor does nothing. AND IT'S THE GODDAMNED FACE DOING IT. Where is that great Grantland article on how wrestling faces in WWF are fucking assholes?

Sheamus's run as a babyface, however, has been even sketchier than Cena's. Despite his invincible presentation, Sheamus has inherited the mantle of Hogan-style in-ring corruption more than anyone else. Back in February, he attacked Daniel Bryan, his upcoming opponent at WrestleMania, after Bryan retained the World Heavyweight Championship in a grueling Elimination Chamber bout — the sort of move normally reserved for villains. He beat Bryan at 'Mania by blindsiding him with a kick before Bryan knew the match had started, which would have been despicably underhanded if Sheamus hadn't been the match's hero.9 Throughout their feud, Sheamus's humor took on a mean edge, as he seemed to relish belittling the diminutive Bryan as much as pounding him. His recent feud with Alberto Del Rio has seen him relentlessly jeer Del Rio's unathletic attaché, Ricardo Rodriguez — a particularly bizarre move for a guy who's the face of the WWE's "Be a Star" anti-bullying campaign. Last week, Sheamus stole Del Rio's car and trashed it just for giggles. These tactics aren't typically found in Chapter 1 of the white-knight playbook.

EDIT: Really? Can't say Gobbledy G00ker, censor filter?

The first four letters spell out a lesser-used anti-Asian slur, so that's why not.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: A big problem I have with today's WWE is that they have forgotten how the face-heel mechanic works. The only main-event-level face they have is John Cena. As for everyone else, Santino is a true babyface. Rey Jr., too, but he's semi-active. Sheamus, Ryback, Orton, and Miz are not traditional faces, especially Miz. They're all tweeners. Seems like everyone wants to be a tweener and no one wants the responsibility/Cena-type hate that comes with being a babyface.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: A big problem I have with today's WWE is that they have forgotten how the face-heel mechanic works. The only main-event-level face they have is John Cena. As for everyone else, Santino is a true babyface. Rey Jr., too, but he's semi-active. Sheamus, Ryback, Orton, and Miz are not traditional faces, especially Miz. They're all tweeners. Seems like everyone wants to be a tweener and no one wants the responsibility/Cena-type hate that comes with being a babyface.

I don't know how you can say Cena is a true baby face when discussing the essential flip-flop of WWE Creative's face-heel writing mechanics. Cena is frequently doing the same kind of "heel" actions to other heels, but WWE expects us to cheer for him. John Cena is arguably the biggest face in the company, but he is in now way written like a traditional baby face consistently and hasn't been written that way for a very long time now. Cena isn't really doing the "cool heel" or "tweener" bullshit, but he's pretty much his own brand or type of face without always acting like a face.

I think that having the face be an asshole like they do is a problem because they don't allow the heel to be an even bigger one. As it stands right now the heels mostly get shit on for the entire duration of the feud and then lose.

Look at that endless Sheamus/Del Rio feud vs. the Sheamus/Big Show feud. That feud has been fantastic because they have been going back and forth for months. We believe that Big Show could conceivably win some matches there but Del Rio was just victimized for months on end with no retaliation.

I don't know how you can say Cena is a true baby face when discussing the essential flip-flop of WWE Creative's face-heel writing mechanics. Cena is frequently doing the same kind of "heel" actions to other heels, but WWE expects us to cheer for him. John Cena is arguably the biggest face in the company, but he is in now way written like a traditional baby face consistently and hasn't been written that way for a very long time now. Cena isn't really doing the "cool heel" or "tweener" bullshit, but he's pretty much his own brand or type of face without always acting like a face.

Hmm. Lemme think about this a bit more.

What heel behavior has he shown? To the best of my memory of recent WWE, he's a sterile, 1980s Hogan babyface. Thinking about the TLC PPV and what I can recall of recent RAW shows, which, to be honest, isn't much of anything. Hmm. I stand by my assessment unless someone shows otherwise. He gets beat up by heels, then Hulks-up, makes a comeback, and wins. That's pretty much the standard Hulkamania model.

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